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Christine Elliott: the veteran politician who lost her bid for the PC party leadership to Doug Ford easily won in a battle with Liberal incumbent Chris Ballard (Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo)

WINNERS

Mike Schreiner (Green, Guelph) — The Greens made history Thursday with the leader winning the party’s first ever seat in the Ontario Legislature. Schreiner, who has led the provincial Greens since 2009, finished third in the last election won by Liz Sandals, a veteran Liberal who didn’t run this year.

Christine Elliott (PC, Newmarket-Aurora) — The veteran politician who lost her bid for the PC party leadership to Doug Ford easily won in a battle with Liberal incumbent Chris Ballard and Melissa Williams (NDP).

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Caroline Mulroney (PC, York-Simcoe) — The daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney had no problem capturing her riding which had been represented by PC Julia Munro since 1999, but she decided not to run again this year.

Mike Harris Jr. (PC, Kitchener-Conestoga) — The son of the former Ontario premier beat Kelly Dick (NDP) and Joe Gowing (Liberals) after a controversial start when he was appointed to be the PC candidate by Ford. after sitting MPP Michael Harris (no relation) was dismissed over an alleged inappropriate text conversation in 2012 with a former party intern. It was later revealed the texts between two consenting adults took place before the MPP Harris was married.

Gurratan Singh, the New Democratic Party winner in Brampton East, is the brother of federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. (Harman Dulay photo)

Gurratan Singh (NDP, Brampton East) — The brother of federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Gurratan Singh had to overcome criticism after a 2006 photo emerged during the campaign of him holding a vulgar anti-police sign at a demonstration. Gurratan Singh beat Sudeep Verma (PC) and another high-profile candidate, Parminder Singh (Liberals), host of Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi.

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Bhutila Karpoche (NDP, Parkdale-High Park) — Rookie candidate made history by becoming the first Tibetan ever elected to public office in North America.

Mitzie Hunter (Liberal, Scarborough-Guildwood) — The Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development beat Roshan Nallaratnam (PC) and Tom Packwood (NDP) in a vote that went down to the wire. She was just one of three Liberals to win a seat in the GTA (with Kathleen Wynne and Michael Coteau).

Raymond Cho (PC, Scarborough North) — The incumbent for Scarborough-Rouge River won despite a beat Chin Lee (Liberals) and Dwayne Morgan (NDP). Cho’s win comes after a “physical altercation” with a Grade 7 student outside a school last week. The child ripped the veteran politician’s campaign flyer and Cho said he “lightly touched his head.” No charges were laid and Cho issued an apology.

Provincial Finance Minister Charles Sousa loses his seat. Sousa has represented Mississauga South since 2007, and got more than 50 per cent of the vote in the last election. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press)

Charles Sousa (Liberal, Mississauga-Lakeshore) — The finance minister, who has represented Mississauga South since 2007, lost to Conservative Rudy Cuzzetto. Sousa, who has represented Mississauga South since 2007, was responsible for eliminating the province’s deficit in 2017-18, but Ontario was promptly plunged back into the red this fiscal year.

Steven Del Duca also loses out. Del Duca held two prominent cabinet positions as transportation minister and economic development minister. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press)

Kevin Flynn (Liberal, Oakville) — Conservative Stephen Crawford beat the labour minister, who has represented this riding since 2003. As labour minister, Flynn ushered in the Liberals’ major changes to labour laws, including a controversial minimum wage increase to $14 this year and a promised hike to $15 in 2019.

Denzil Minnan-Wong (PC, Don Valley East) — Longtime city councillor fell to Liberal Michael Coteau. Minnan-Wong was one of three city councillors (along with Shelley Carroll and Chin Lee, Liberal candidates in the ridings of Don Valley North and Scarborough North respectively), who ran for a seat in the legislature. Minnan-Wong kept his council seat. This prompted the Star’s Bob Hepburn to call for a “resign to run” law. All three city councillors lost.

Kathleen Wynne (Liberal, Don Valley West) — Ontario premier stepped down as leader as the Liberals lost power after 15 years, and were in danger of forfeiting their status as an official party.

With files from The Canadian Press

Correction — June 11, 2018: This article was edited from a previous version that incorrectly said Shelley Carroll and Chin Lee ran for a seat in the legislature while keeping their municipal post. In fact, both resigned their seats.

Ontario PC leader Doug Ford wins a majority government. His staunch supporters praise him as a political outsider sure to shake things up at Queen's Park. (The Canadian Press)

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